WORK EXPERIENCE
- 08/2017-12/2021 Legal Advisor at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union
- 01/2016-08/2017 Director of the Department of State Law, Ministry of Justice
- 07/2008-06/2015 Head of Administrative Law Division, State Law Department, Ministry of Justice
- From 01/2015 Lecturer at the School of Public Administration. Courses of study: ex ante evaluation of draft legislation; drafting of draft legislation
- 08/2012-06/2013 Lecturer at Riga Graduate School of Law. Study course: Philosophy of Law
- 09/2011-06/2013 Assistant lecturer at the Department of Theory and History of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Latvia. Philosophy of Law; History of Latvian Law
- 10/2007-07/2008 Head of the Department of Theory of Law, Ministry of Justice
- 12/2005-10/2007 Lawyer, Legal Department, Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs
- 05/2020-07/2020 Short-term expert in the Council of Europe project 2347 - "Enhancing the accountability and the efficiency of the judicial system and the professionalism of lawyers in Georgia"
- 02/2018-02/2018 Short-term Expert in Twinnings project "Capacity Building for National Centre for Personal Data Protection of the Republic of Moldova"
- 01/2015-06/2015 Short-term expert in the Twinnings project MK 11 IB JH 03 (Northern Macedonia) "Strengthening the Rule of Law"
- 06/2015-12/2015 Acting Director of the Department of National Law, Ministry of Justice
- 10/2015-12/2017 Coordinator, Ministry of Justice, Rule of Law Platform EU - Central Asia
EDUCATION
- 09/2011-10/2015 Doctor of Law Theory and History (Dr.iur.), Faculty of Law, University of Latvia, Scientific research, pedagogical work. Doctoral thesis.
- 09/2007-06/2009 Master of Philosophy (Mg.phil.), Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Latvia
- 01/09/2005-09/02/2007 Master of Law (Mg.iur), Faculty of Law, University of Latvia
- 05/2021 Study Course "International Law in Action: the Hague International Courts and Tribunals", Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands
- 09/2020-05/2021 Training of internal trainers in policy design, School of Public Administration and Demos Helsinki
- 11/2021 Study course "International Law in Action: Arbitration of International Disputes", Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands
- 04/2020 Study course "Fundamental Rights of the Child - An Interdisciplinary Introduction", Université de Genève, Switzerland
- 01/2015-02/2015 Participation in the exchange programme "Children in the U.S." Justice System", U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C., USA
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Latvian - native
- English - free
- Russian - free
- French - basic
- German - basic
- Dutch - basic
AWARDS
- Minister of Justice Award "Development for Justice" (2019)
- Medal of Honour of the Second Degree of the Justice System for significant contribution to democracy and the rule of law (2016)
- Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia award "Golden Quill" (2014)
- Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia award "Silver Quill" (2011)